Dr. Ajith Balasooriya is a senior lecturer at the Department of International Relations in University of Colombo, Sri Lanka. He obtained his Doctoral degree from Graduate School for International Development and Cooperation (IDEC), Hiroshima University, Japan in 2013. Dr. Balasoorioya is a more filed oriented researcher who currently conducting a research on Human Security at A Contested Land: Nexus between Economic and Political Security Issues in Sri Lanka and Stealing A State by ‘Patriotic Thieves’: The Case of ‘Fragile Sri Lanka’ .